FAVORITES & GRADING RUBRIC Some
of the videos earned a letter grade “A” while others did not. The
rubric for grading the assignment, or the basis of evaluation, is in determining
the following conditions for each video:
(1) How clear is the new message? (2) How original is the new message? (For
example, a video that repeats the two characters running
around a house
and culminates in the words or language, “fair
use,” creates a clear message,
but not one that is terribly original as compared to other video responses).
(3) How much of the original video is referenced in the remix or parody? This
is an interesting condition as the new authors will have to reference enough
of the original to make their point, without referencing too much of the video,
resulting in mimicry. Here is a list of videos that make a clear (remember,
absurdity is welcome) and original statement by balancing a reference to
the original material with new work:

Let’s
Go Crazy Big Boys always gets a laugh in the classroom.SJacobsGoesCrazy3 makes
his story come alive in the dialog between two toys.Mark Stein is a musician and communications student who used this opportunity
to remix the audio. Let’s
Go Crazy Elevator transforms the setting from a kitchen to an elevator.
Maybe I like this one so much because I have always thought that elevators
seem like a space that just aches for transgression. Monica Prather transforms the setting to a parking lot using cars as the actors.Jordan
Doolittle sits behind a news desk, reporting on his own remix (where Holden
becomes a four year old).

Let’s Go Crazy Noir, a dark and absurd take
on the script

Students view the
original Let’s Go Crazy #1 video as if it were a script
followed by actors wearing costumes. The kitchen becomes a set, and the
lighting is part of the set. The hand-held camera
is interpreted as a stylistic choice.

“Let’s Go Crazy”? Indeed! What has brought the American
legal system to the point that such behavior by a leading corporation is considered
anything but “crazy”? - Lawrence Lessig, Remix (4)

In this video, made by Christa Connelly
in 2009, the protagonist wears a red t-shirt, referencing Holden’s
red clothing. The dialog, What do you think of the music, is followed by laughter
in this video as it is in the original. The setting has moved to a supermarket
dairy aisle, followed by a dark parking lot. The story is perhaps just as
absurd as the dancing baby and circling toddler in the original video.